TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Healthy Living

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary Game: In this health and fitness vocabulary game, students use health-
gap-fill, true or false, related vocabulary to complete recommendations about being fit
guessing (pair work) and healthy and then guess if the recommendations are true or
false.

Procedure
Focus
Health and fitness Give each student a copy of the worksheet.

Modals of advice First, students use health vocabulary to complete health and
fitness recommendations.

Afterwards, check the answers as a class.

Aim
To practice health and Next, divide the students into pairs. Students then read each
fitness vocabulary. recommendation with their partner, talk about it and decide if it's
true or false, writing their guess in the column beside it.

Preparation When the students have finished, elicit the correct answers from
the class.
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each Pairs score one point for each correct guess.
student.
For false recommendations, the first pair to guess the correct
recommendation scores an extra point.
Level
The pair with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Elementary (A1-A2)
Answer key

Time 1. gym, False: You should work out three to five days a week.
2. water, True
20 minutes
3. sleep, True
4. doctor, False: You should visit the doctor or nurse once a year.
5. fruit, True
6. e
 xercise, False: You should complete 150 minutes of physical
exercise each week.
7. meals, True
8. s
 ugar, False: You should try to eat less than 30 grams of
sugar per day.
9. d
 rink, False: You shouldn't drink more than two glasses of
beer or wine per day.
10. outside, True
11. phone, True
12. steps, False: You should try to take 10,000 steps every day.
13. fast food, True
14. vegetables, True
15. d iet, False: You should follow a diet from your doctor if you
want to lose weight.
16. r elax, False: You should do activities that help you relax
every day.

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 HEALTH AND FITNESS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Healthy Living

A. Complete each health and fitness recommendation with a word below.

fast food water relax meals doctor diet outside sugar

steps sleep exercise gym vegetables phone drink fruit

Health and Fitness Recommendations T/F

1. You should work out at the ..................... seven days a week.

2. You should drink about eight glasses of ..................... every day.

3. You should ..................... between seven and nine hours each night.

4. You should visit the ..................... or nurse every three years.

5. You should eat two or three pieces of ..................... every day.

6. You should complete 60 minutes of physical ..................... each week.

7. You should eat three ..................... a day and have one or two snacks.

8. You should try to eat less than 50 grams of ..................... per day.

9. You shouldn't ..................... more than four glasses of beer or wine per day.

10. You should spend at least 20 minutes a day ..................... in nature.

11. You shouldn't use your ..................... for more than two hours a day.

12. You should try to walk at least 3,000 ..................... every day.

13. You shouldn't eat ....................., like hamburgers, more than once a week.

14. ....................., like carrots and peppers, should cover half of your plate.

15. You should follow a .................... from the Internet if you want to lose weight.

16. You should do activities that help you ..................... once a week.

B. Now, in pairs, guess which recommendations are true and which are false. You
score one point for each correct guess.

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